Re: WSUS 2.0 upgrade to 3.0 SP1 Question

The instructions for upgrading 2 to 3 include backing up the database. Do I
have to? Why do I care, won't it just find the clients (all 5 of them),
reanalzye them and download what's needed?

thanks.

"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:uTRJHSqTJHA.4180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Gary:

Not a simple fix, I'm afraid.

If your installation of WSUS 2.0 is part of the R2 Technolgies of SBS
2003, there is no direct uninstall for WSUS 2 as part of R2. You would
have to remove all of R2, then reinstall it.

IMO, you should clean up your C drive, and create more space before you
try to change anything else. There are several possibilities, including
running the cleanup programs as found here:

http://www.wsuswiki.com/MowingtheGrass

which tells you how to remove unwanted updates using wsusutil.exe, and
then shrink the data base, using WSUSDebugTool

Either you can move the databases, or you can remove the R2 and reinstall,
with or without WSUS 2.

I would suggest that you look at the following document and verify that
you are able to move the WSUS 2 database to another location.

How to move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and
Attach functions in SQL Server.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224071

Once you get this moved, you can determine the best route forward. Most
folks would prefer to upgrade to WSUS 3 Service Pack 1, which is the
current version, per this document:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708091.aspx

You can get the entire story here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx

-Larry

"Gary Drost" <GaryDrost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F68933BD-A27D-4F9C-A841-1EB45B830EF9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have WSUS 2.0 that came installed on a 2003 SBS R2 server. It is
installed
on C: and has consumed all the available space on the boot drive.

I would like to upgrade this to WSUS 3.0 SP1 and move the location of the
files from C: to D: where there is much more space.

Can this be done in one step?

I can get into the WSUS 2.0 management console from the main SBS
management
screen but can't get to it or manage it from the Administrator Tools
menu.
It appears that there are many updates that need to be accepted or
rejected
but I can't seem to get to the screens to do this.

Is this something that will need to be resolved before the upgrade to 3.0
SP1?

Thanks,

Gary Drost



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